Jerome

Tuesday was a good day for school supplemental levies in the Magic Valley.  Hansen School District voters passed a $190,000 levy for one year.  Kimberly voters approved a $300,000 levy with 69% voting in favor.  Murtaugh

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Voters in six school districts in the Magic Valley will be going to the polls to decide on supplemental levies.  The Cassia County School District is asking for just over $681,000 per year for two years.

The money goes into the school district’s general fund.  Hansen School District is asking for a renewal of its annual $190,000 levy.  Voters in the Jerome School District will vote on the renewal of an annual $650,000 levy which will go into the general operating budget and will not be used for facilities.

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We told you yesterday about the two Jerome men who had been arrested for the armed  robbery of the Wendy’s Restaurant in Jerome in January.  Yesterday, 20 year old Taylor Cnossen and 20 year old Branden Galbreath, both of Jerome, were arraigned in Jerome County’s 5th District Court.

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Jerome Police say two suspects have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the Wendy's Restaurant on Jan. 26.  20 year old Taylor Cnossen and 20 year old Branden Galbreath were taken into custody Tuesday. 

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A 43-year-old Jerome man arrested after a nearly nine-hour standoff with law officers is charged with aggravated assault after shots were fired outside a Jerome bar. The Times-News reports Rogelio Mendoza also is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm and restricting or obstructing officers.

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Two men and a woman are behind bars in Jerome after a Sunday morning standoff that lasted several hours. The standoff started at 2 a.m. at a home at the intersection of Elm Street and D Avenue. It ended with the arrest of the three individuals at about 11 a.m. 

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The Jerome Police Department is investigating an armed robbery which occurred at  Wendy’s Restaurant on South Lincoln Street in Jerome Saturday night.

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Deputies say the burglaries took place sometime during the night of Friday, January 20th, in a subdivision south of the Jerome Country Club. They say multiple homes were broken into. None of the resident were home at the time of the break-ins.  The Jerome County Sheriff’s Office is

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Idaho State Police say it is not known if the weather played a factor in a deadly car accident that happened in Jerome County yesterday but they did say it was snowing at the time. 

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A 30-year-old southern Idaho man will serve life in prison for shooting a Jerome police officer during a February chase. Christopher Mark Taylor was sentenced Monday in 5th District Court.

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